joysick...

stephan schutter rhl at farorbit.com
Thu Sep 18 16:16:45 UTC 2003


There does not seem to be any drivers included... any ideas?

none of the usb modules seem to be joystick related...

[root at imhothep usb]# ls
acm.o        catc.o      host         konicawc.o  powermate.o  scanner.o 
  tiglusb.o   usbnet.o
aiptek.o     CDCEther.o  hpusbscsi.o  mdc800.o    printer.o    se401.o 
   ultracam.o  usbvideo.o
audio.o      dabusb.o    ibmcam.o     microtek.o  pwc.o        serial 
   usbcore.o   uss720.o
auerswald.o  dsbr100.o   kaweth.o     ov511.o     rio500.o     storage 
   usblcd.o    vicam.o
brlvger.o    hid.o       kbtab.o      pegasus.o   rtl8150.o    stv680.o 
   usb-midi.o  wacom.o

folders in modules...
addon  block      cdrom  crypto  ide       input  md     message 
parport  scsi     sound      usb
atm    bluetooth  char   i2c     ieee1394  isdn   media  net      pcmcia 
   sensors  telephony  video

and nothing loaded:
[root at imhothep root]# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: PF
joydev                  7264   0  (unused)
udf                    97152   0  (autoclean)
cmpci                  35400   1  (autoclean)
soundcore               6468   4  (autoclean) [cmpci]
agpgart                47968   3  (autoclean)
nvidia               1764992  11  (autoclean)
vmnet                  23720   6
vmmon                  28084   0
parport_pc             18788   1  (autoclean)
lp                      8804   0  (autoclean)
parport                36800   1  (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs                 13108   0  (autoclean) (unused)
tulip                  43488   1
ipt_REJECT              3992   2  (autoclean)
iptable_filter          2412   1  (autoclean)
ip_tables              14648   2  [ipt_REJECT iptable_filter]
sg                     35852   0  (autoclean)
sr_mod                 17720   0  (autoclean)
ide-scsi               11984   0
scsi_mod              106520   3  [sg sr_mod ide-scsi]
ide-cd                 35424   0
cdrom                  33216   0  [sr_mod ide-cd]
printer                 8896   1
keybdev                 2912   0  (unused)
mousedev                5428   1
hid                    21892   0  (unused)
input                   5792   0  [joydev keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci               25996   0  (unused)
usbcore                78272   1  [printer hid usb-uhci]
ext3                   69984   2
jbd                    51508   2  [ext3]



Klaasjan Brand wrote:

> stephan schutter wrote:
> 
>>
>> I can see the sidewinder in the hardware browser -- when I ran jstest...
> 
> 
> If it's an usb stick you'll see it on the list of usb devices anyway; 
> even without driver.
> Usb joysticks will be handled by the hid driver (the same one that 
> drivers keyboards and mice), so try loading that one.
> 
>> here is what I got:
>>
>> [stephans at imhothep dev]$ ls j*
>> jmouse  js0  js1  js2  js3  jsfd  jsflash
> 
> 
> The /dev entries are always available, even when the hardware is not 
> available...
> 
>> [root at imhothep dev]#  jstest --normal /dev/js0
>> jstest: No such device
> 
> 
> That one should work if you have a joystick attached and the right driver.
> 
>> [root at imhothep dev]#  jstest --normal /dev/jsflash
>> jstest: No such device
> 
> 
> If you were running a sun javastation you could have damaged your flash 
> rom ;) - ever heard of knowing what you're doing? Randomly probing /dev 
> entries won't help you much...
> 
> Klaasjan
> 
> 
> 
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